Good Morning, Colorado, you’re listening to the Daily Sun-Up with the Colorado Sun. It’s Monday September 20th.

 

Today - Colorado’s unemployment rate has dropped to 5.9%, since federal unemployment benefits ended. But most industries are still having a difficult time finding enough workers to fill open roles.

 

Before we begin, let’s go back in time with some Colorado history adapted from historian Derek R Everett’s book “Colorado Day by Day”:

 

Today we’re going back to September 20th, 1877 when a crowd packed the Hinsdale County Courthouse in Lake City. The featured speaker was renowned women’s suffrage activist, Susan B Anthony. She ultimately agreed to deliver her remarks on the grounds outside to accommodate the exceptionally large crowd. 

 

 Now, our feature story. 

 

More people have returned to work and the state’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.9%, after federal unemployment benefits ended Sept. 4. But employers from all industries have shared it’s still hard to find enough workers, and it may be that there just aren’t enough Coloradans out there. August saw a drop in the number of Colorodans who work or are looking for a job. According to the latest Census survey of households, the state’s labor force dropped by 2,300 workers last month, and is now at 3,193,200. Tamara Chuang tells us more.

 

To read more of Tamara’s reporting — or to receive her weekly newsletter on jobs, work and pandemic unemployment in Colorado — go to coloradosun.com

 

And Before we go, here are a few stories that you should know about today:

 

Members of Colorado’s Republican Central Committee on Saturday voted against opting out of the state’s primary to select general election candidates next year. Some members wanted to return to the old caucus and assembly process in order to keep unaffiliated voters from participating in the selection of GOP candidates. Since the 2018 election, unaffiliated voters have been allowed to vote in the primary, though the law lets the party to opt out if 75 percent of the central committee concurs. Only 34 percent of the committee members present at the meeting in Pueblo voted to opt out.

 

Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board unanimously approved changing the name of Squaw Mountain in Clear Creek County to Mestaa’ėhehe Mountain. The name honors an influential Cheyenne translator known as Owl Woman, who facilitated relations between white settlers and Native American tribes in the early 1800s. Supporters of the change called the peak’s previous name “patently offensive.” Now the U.S. Geological Survey’s Board on Geographic Names must approve the change. This is the first of 13 locations in Colorado for which residents have submitted applications to change offensive names, including Mount Evans. 

 

The Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters will move back to Washington, D.C., from Grand Junction, the Interior Department announced Friday. The decision comes despite objections from Colorado Republicans and Democrats, including the state’s two U.S. senators and its governor. In 2019, the Trump administration announced that the BLM’s headquarters moved to Grand Junction to be closer to the millions of acres of public lands it oversees. But critics of the relocation said it was done to help then-U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Colorado Republican who was up for reelection in 2020 but lost. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said Grand Junction will be the agency's western headquarters and that its presence in the city will grow. 

 

Denver Public Schools board voted 6-1 to censure fellow member Tay Anderson on Friday, two days after a report detailing a six-month investigation that the board said showed Anderson had engaged in behavior unbecoming of a member. Anderson, who said at a news conference before the censure that he would not resign, was the lone dissenting vote. A 96-page report summarizing the investigation found Anderson flirted with a 16-year-old student — albeit before he knew her age — and made social media posts that were intimidating toward witnesses near the end of the investigation.





For more information on all of these stories, visit our website, www.coloradosun.com. Now, a quick message from our editor.

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Good Morning, Colorado, you&rsquo;re listening to the Daily Sun-Up with the Colorado Sun. It&rsquo;s Monday September 20th.
&nbsp;
Today - Colorado&rsquo;s unemployment rate has dropped to 5.9%, since federal unemployment benefits ended. But most industries are still having a difficult time finding enough workers to fill open roles.
&nbsp;
Before we begin, let&rsquo;s go back in time with some Colorado history adapted from historian Derek R Everett&rsquo;s book &ldquo;Colorado Day by Day&rdquo;:
&nbsp;
Today we&rsquo;re going back to September 20th, 1877 when a crowd packed the Hinsdale County Courthouse in Lake City. The featured speaker was renowned women&rsquo;s suffrage activist, Susan B Anthony. She ultimately agreed to deliver her remarks on the grounds outside to accommodate the exceptionally large crowd.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
&nbsp;Now, our feature story.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
More people have returned to work and the state&rsquo;s unemployment rate dropped to 5.9%, after federal unemployment benefits ended Sept. 4. But employers from all industries have shared it&rsquo;s still hard to find enough workers, and it may be that there just aren&rsquo;t enough Coloradans out there. August saw a drop in the number of Colorodans who work or are looking for a job. According to the latest Census survey of households, the state&rsquo;s labor force dropped by 2,300 workers last month, and is now at 3,193,200. Tamara Chuang tells us more.
&nbsp;
To read more of Tamara&rsquo;s reporting &mdash; or to receive her weekly newsletter on jobs, work and pandemic unemployment in Colorado &mdash; go to coloradosun.com
&nbsp;
And Before we go, here are a few stories that you should know about today:
&nbsp;
Members of Colorado&rsquo;s Republican Central Committee on Saturday voted against opting out of the state&rsquo;s primary to select general election candidates next year. Some members wanted to return to the old caucus and assembly process in order to keep unaffiliated voters from participating in the selection of GOP candidates. Since the 2018 election, unaffiliated voters have been allowed to vote in the primary, though the law lets the party to opt out if 75 percent of the central committee concurs. Only 34 percent of the committee members present at the meeting in Pueblo voted to opt out.
&nbsp;
Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board unanimously approved changing the name of Squaw Mountain in Clear Creek County to Mestaa&rsquo;ėhehe Mountain. The name honors an influential Cheyenne translator known as Owl Woman, who facilitated relations between white settlers and Native American tribes in the early 1800s. Supporters of the change called the peak&rsquo;s previous name &ldquo;patently offensive.&rdquo; Now the U.S. Geological Survey&rsquo;s Board on Geographic Names must approve the change. This is the first of 13 locations in Colorado for which residents have submitted applications to change offensive names, including Mount Evans.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
The Bureau of Land Management&rsquo;s headquarters will move back to Washington, D.C., from Grand Junction, the Interior Department announced Friday. The decision comes despite objections from Colorado Republicans and Democrats, including the state&rsquo;s two U.S. senators and its governor. In 2019, the Trump administration announced that the BLM&rsquo;s headquarters moved to Grand Junction to be closer to the millions of acres of public lands it oversees. But critics of the relocation said it was done to help then-U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Colorado Republican who was up for reelection in 2020 but lost. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said Grand Junction will be the agency's western headquarters and that its presence in the city will grow.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Denver Public Schools board voted 6-1 to censure fellow member Tay Anderson on Friday, two days after a report detailing a six-month investigation that the board said showed Anderson had engaged in behavior unbecoming of a member. Anderson, who said at a news conference before the censure that he would not resign, was the lone dissenting vote. A 96-page report summarizing the investigation found Anderson flirted with a 16-year-old student &mdash; albeit before he knew her age &mdash; and made social media posts that were intimidating toward witnesses near the end of the investigation.
 
For more information on all of these stories, visit our website,<a href="http://www.coloradosun.com/"> www.coloradosun.com</a>. Now, a quick message from our editor.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Welcome to The Colorado Sun's daily podcast, The Daily Sun-Up. Every day we’re sharing an in-depth look at one of our top stories, followed by a quick summary of important things happening in our state. For more visit us at https://coloradosun.com/.

The Daily Sun-Up

Welcome to The Colorado Sun's daily podcast, The Daily Sun-Up. Every day we’re sharing an in-depth look at one of our top stories, followed by a quick summary of important things happening in our state. For more visit us at https://coloradosun.com/.

Our intro music is by Matt Skellenger Group: https://mattskellenger.bandcamp.com/album/subspace-transmission 

Welcome to The Colorado Sun's daily podcast, The Daily Sun-Up. Every day we&rsquo;re sharing an in-depth look at one of our top stories, followed by a quick summary of important things happening in our state. For more visit us at <a href="https://coloradosun.com/">https://coloradosun.com/</a>.
Our intro music is by Matt Skellenger Group: <a href="https://mattskellenger.bandcamp.com/album/subspace-transmission">https://mattskellenger.bandcamp.com/album/subspace-transmission</a>&nbsp;